ONE MORE DAY

Now that we've come this far
Would you like to get back
To the very start?
Where time and patience
Played a havoc of sorts,
And conspired against
All the growth
That we could bear
In the shifting paradigms
Of this undulating journey.

"If only I could,
If I had just another chance."
Is it not astonishing?
How everything seems
A lot more hopeful
In the imaginary womb of time,
Where just through belief
One could conceive 
Their desired offsprings of action
With guaranteed results, 
And roundhouse all issues
That could not be set right
In the first time.

Yes, I hold differently- So
In spite of all the gold
We remember shimmering
From the former times
Of a beautiful beginning,
We're never getting back to lustres
Regardless of how the sun shines.
Hence hold on to your baggage, 
And gather all your regrets
For that is all that must be left:
This life has, at least,
One more day to go.